Recent Stories - Lifestyles

Fall is the best time to divide spring and summer blooming perennials that are overcrowded, dead in the center, failing to flower or flopping open. Wait until spring to dig and divide fall or summer...

AUBURN — Volunteers are needed for the 11th annual Great Sierra River Cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 21. Coordinated by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy along with a variety of local community...

The Tahoe East Shore Trail, also called the Impossible Trail, is a three-mile stretch of paved walkway offering world class views of the international destination that is Lake Tahoe. Many community organizations and individuals who...

Friends of North Bloomfield & Malakoff Diggins, California State Parks, French Consulate in San Francisco, and EFSAC (French education in the Sacramento area) invite the public to a day of French-themed family fun Saturday to...

As the school year ramps up, so does free programming for kids and teens at the libraries in western Nevada County. The fall schedule is now available with programs ranging from chemistry to movies to...

My inspiration for making soup is often a convergence of too many vegetables in the refrigerator with homemade stock and leftovers from a roast chicken. This recipe is not an authentic tortilla soup, as I...

For the fifth-straight year, hundreds of second- and third-grade students will get a hands-on learning experience through Nevada County Ag in the Classroom’s Farm Day event. “Farm Day isn’t just about animals, fruits and vegetables,”...

There was a renewed sense of enthusiasm last week among the staff at the SPIRIT Peer Empowerment Center in Grass Valley. After closing for a full three weeks to re-examine and reassess the center’s mission...

Yes, we use too much health care. No matter what shape its financial reform eventually takes, we’ll only be halfway home. Costs may initially decrease but will soon rise again, since we ask the system...

Since the 1970s, the percentage of children and adolescents affected by obesity in our country has more than tripled (according to the Centers for Disease Control). In fact, the most recent data shows that nearly...

Hurry! There may still be time to attend the Nevada County Master Gardener’s very popular annual “Bite Me” Tomato Tasting and Open House today from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Demonstration Garden at...

Nothing beats the flavor of fresh-from-the-garden tomatoes and when they’re left on the plant five to eight days after the fruit are fully colored, the flavor only gets better. Check plants regularly and keep harvesting,...

A free seminar set for 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, empowers participants to overcome barriers and act intelligently on their impulses to help their neighbors in need. Admission is free. This two-hour seminar includes local...

Each fall, Unity centers across the country conduct book studies with small group discussion, integrated with the Sunday service and message. This year the book chosen at Unity in the Gold Country is “The Universal...

Last year, I came out of early retirement — perhaps better characterized as “premature retirement” — to accept part-time work as a hospice chaplain. In my new role, I often hear three common reactions when...